16 Jun 2024

2m SSB with a Liner-2

 

Pretty sure these first became available in the 1970s. They were based on a 10m rig and they revolutionised 2m. 

I got one second hand and was amazed how far I could work on a very basic antenna. Prior to getting my Liner-2, I had only used QRP AM and FM rigs. Most nights I found I could contact stations hundreds of kilometres away.

Later many used the ICOM IC-202 with a 30W amplifier and Tonna 9 el antenna.

These days the bands at VHF are far quieter as people have other ways of chatting (the internet) and working DX (FT8).

See https://sites.google.com/view/g3xbm4/home/vhfuhfmicrowaves/vhfuhf-commercial-rigs/belcom-liner-2

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1 comment:

  1. kenSun Jun 16, 07:53:00 am GMT+1

    Hi Roger, I used to have one of those. It had a spurious on a repeater input frequency whenever I used the ssb calling channel and I had to get rid of it after an irate amateur turned up at my house to complain!
    73 Ken G4apb

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